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Open House!

by Frank N. Foode on 28 July 2010

Hi all, Frank N. Foode here. Well while Anastasia and Karl are out pollinating corn each day, I thought I would take the reins of the blog a little bit and tell you about some of my recent adventures. Just a couple weeks ago I went to an open house for the American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), and Soil Science Society of America (SSSA). So the ASA/CSSA/SSSA open

@Dylstra There R Bt proteins being studied as medicines for getting rid of roundworm parasites in ppl: http://bit.ly/alOQyw
@Dylstra The point is to use insect pesticides - not human pesticides. :) Bt is a naturally occurring protein that organic farmers use too
@Dylstra Caffeine is a pesticide. My cafe and cola friends produce it in their cells 2 kill insect pests. Plants have to defend themselves
@Dylstra Do u drink coffee?
@Dylstra Bt has very specific effects on target species, humans have the wrong kind of gut for it to affect them, requires receptor.

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